Δευκαλίων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Folk etymology derives the name from Ancient Greek δεῦκος (deûkos), variation of γλεῦκος (gleûkos, sweet new wine), and ἁλιεύς (halieús, sailor), from ἅλς (háls).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Δευκᾰλίων • (Deukalíōn) m (genitive Δευκᾰλίωνος); third declension

  1. Deucalion

Inflection

Descendants

  • Greek: Δευκαλίων (Defkalíon); Δευκαλίωνας (Defkalíonas)
  • Latin: Deucaliōn

Further reading

  • Δευκαλίων”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • Δευκαλίων in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
  • Δευκαλίων”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,008
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